On the question to agree to the amendment of Mr. Wilkinson, as amended, It was determined in the affirmative. No further amendment being proposed, the bill was reported to the Senate; and On motion by Mr. Pearce, The Senate adjourned. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1861. Mr. Crittenden presented a petition of citizens of Muhlenburg county, Kentucky, and a petition of citizens of Iowa, praying the adoption of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden. Ordered, That they lie on the table. Mr. Trumbull presented a petition of citizens of Tuscola, Douglas county, Illinois, in favor of the Constitution and laws as they are, and opposed to all compromises. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Ten Eyck presented a petition of citizens of the United States, in favor of any just and equitable compromise of our national difficulties, and opposed to the secession of any State except South Carolina, which may be allowed to come in and go out whenever she pleases. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Sumner presented a memorial of citizens of western Pennsylvania, praying the cessation of the mails on the Sabbath, and that a stop may be put to all other violations of that day; which was referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Mr. Sumner presented a memorial of citizens of western Pennsyl vania, praying the repeal of the fugitive slave law, the abolishment of slavery in the District of Columbia, the ultimate extinction of slavery, protection of the liberty of speech and the press, and the curtailment of executive patronage. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Wilson presented a petition of republicans of Newburyport, Massachusetts, against the adoption of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom the subject was referred, reported a joint resolution (S. 67) authorizing W. H. Smiley, United States commercial agent at the Falkland Islands, to receive a telescope tendered to him by the Belgian government; which was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. The said resolution was read the third time by unanimous consent. Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. Mr. Bigler presented a petition of citizens of Franklin county, Penn sylvania, praying the adoption of the compromise measures proposed by the representatives of the border States. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Bigler presented a petition of citizens of Blair county, Pennsylvania, praying the adoption of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden. Ordered, That it lie on the table. On motion by Mr. Bigler, The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill of the Senate (S. 77) for the relief of Richard Chenery; and, On motion by Mr. Bigler, Resolved, That the Senate disagree to the amendment of the House of Representatives to the said bill, and ask a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon. On motion by Mr. Bigler, Ordered, That the committee of conference on the part of the Senate be appointed by the Vice-President; and Mr. Bigler, Mr. Latham, and Mr. Wilson were appointed. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Captain H. Paulding, United States Navy, reported a joint resolution (S. 68) for the relief of Captain Hiram Paulding, United States Navy; which was read and passed to a second reading. Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 586) for the relief of the legal representatives of Frederick F. Brose, deceased, reported it with amendments, and submitted a report (No. 308;) which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Hemphill asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 573) for the relief of Mary Besault, administratrix, &c., of the late Joseph Wheaton, of Rhode Island; which was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. On motion by Mr. Hemphill, Ordered, That Charles M. Perry have leave to withdraw his petition and papers. Mr. Latham asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 574) granting certain public lands to the State of California, in trust for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; which was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Clark, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 999) to amend an act supplementary to an act approved March 3, 1855, to organize an institution for the insane of the Army and Navy and of the District of Columbia, in the said District, approved February 7, 1857, reported it without amend ment. The Senate proceeded to consider the said bill as in Committee of the Whole; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it pass to a third reading. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. On motion by Mr. Anthony, that twenty-five hundred additional copies of the message of the President of the United States of the 23d instant, communicating, in compliance with the resolutions of the Senate of the 17th and 18th February, 1858, a report of the Secretary of State, and the documents which accompanied it, relative to the Aves Island, be printed. Ordered, That the motion be referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 923) granting a pension to Eliza M. Plympton, reported it with an amendment. The Senate proceeded to consider the said bill as in Committee of the Whole; and, an amendment being proposed by Mr. Grimes to the amendment reported by the Committee on Pensions. On motion by Mr. Fessenden, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed to to-morrow, It was determined in the affirmative, {Nays.... On motion by Mr. Fessenden, 32 8 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Baker, Bigler, Bingham, Bragg, Bright, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Fitch, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Gwin, Harlan, Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, King, Morrill, Pearce, Polk, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Clingman, Douglas, Johnson, of Tennessee, Lane, Powell, Sebastian, Seward, Wilkinson. So it was Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed to to-morrow. On motion by Mr. Crittenden, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 583) for the relief of the heirs of Jean A. B. Dauterive, It was determined in the affirmative, On motion by Mr. Bigler, Yeas.... 22 13 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Chandler, Crittenden, Dixon, Douglas, Green, Gwin, Hale, Hunter, Johnson, of Tennessee, Lane, Latham, Mason, Polk, Powell, Rice, Thomson, Wilkinson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bayard, Clark, Collamer, Fessenden; Foster, Grimes, Harlan, King, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson. So the motion was agreed to; and The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the said bill. An amendment being proposed by Mr. Fessenden, Pending debate thereon, The Vice-President stated that the hour of twelve o'clock had arrived and called up the unfinished business of the Senate of yesterday, which was the bill (H. R. 899) making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June 30, 1862. On motion by Mr. Crittenden, to postpone the unfinished business to to-morrow, and that the Senate continue the consideration of the bill (H. R. 583) for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Jean A. B. Dauterive, It was determined in the negative, {ays... On motion by Mr. Fessenden, 23 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bigler, Bright, Crittenden, Douglas, Hemphill, Johnson, of Arkansas, Lane, Latham, Polk, Powell, Rice, Sebastian, Thomson, Wilkinson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bragg, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Fitch, Foot, Foster, Green, Grimes, Hale, King, Morrill, Pearce, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull. So the motion was not agreed to; and The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (H. R. 899) making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending the 30th of June, 1862; and On motion by Mr. Powell, to postpone the consideration of the bill to to-morrow, and that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 54) proposing certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Yeas. It was determined in the negative, Neys... On motion by Mr. Fessenden, 17 27 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bayard, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Douglas, Fitch, Gwin, Hunter, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mason, Polk, Powell, Rice. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Morrill, Pearce, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. So the motion was not agreed to. The reported amendments having been in part concurred in, On the question to concur in the following amendment, made as in Committee of the Whole, to wit: insert: SEC.. And be it further enacted, That for the protection of emigrants on the overland routes between the Atlantic slope and the Oregon and Washington frontier the sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, if in his judgment the same may be necessary. On motion by Mr. Gwin, to amend the amendment by inserting before the word "Oregon" the word California, It was determined in the affirmative. On the question to concur in the amendment as amended, Yeas... ..... It was determined in the affirmative, Nays.... On motion by Mr. Hunter, 24 13 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Bright, Dixon, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Gwin, Hale, Harlan, Lane, Morrill, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Thomson, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bigler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Doolittle, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, Kennedy, King, Mason, Pearce, Polk, Powell. The amendments made as in Committee of the Whole having been all concurred in, On motion by Mr. Hale, to amend the bill by inserting: SEC. And be it further enacted, That the pay, allowances, and emoluments of no officer in the army, except the Lieutenant General, shall exceed five thousand dollars per annum. On motion by Mr. Powell, to amend the amendment by striking out the words, "except the Lieutenant General," Yeas.. It was determined in the negative, {Nays.... On motion by Mr. Powell, 9 31 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs, Bright, Green, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, Lane, Mason, Powell, Sebastian, Trumbull. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bigler, Cameron, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Hemphill, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, King, Morrill, Pearce, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Thomson, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. 16 On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Hale, It was determined in the negative, Nays....... On motion by Mr. Hale, Yeas.... 28 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, |